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美其名曰

mei5 kei4 ming4 jyut6

mei3 qi2 ming2 yue1

to call it by the fine-sounding name of; to dignify

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美其名曰

美 mei5 mei3 - beautiful
其 kei4 gei1 gei3 qi2 ji1 - he; she; it
名 meng4 ming4 meng4*2 ming4*2 ming2 - name, title
曰 jyut6 joek6 koek6 yue1 - say; call; Kangxi radical 73

This word was added by Steph_fr on 8th Nov 2007

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